From Vatican-certified miracles to possible hoaxes to potentially malevolent balls of light, this week’s episode is a reminder that the world is full of hope and horror. Oh, also lots of comically stupid grifters.

Hooray!

Highlights:

* Pope Leo XIV declares Rhode Island's first official miracle: a premature baby Tyquan (born 2007) came back to life after an hour of failed resuscitation

* The bureaucracy of miracle approvals

* We’re definitely on team Father Valera for Sainthood, who took care of sick people during a brutal 1860s cholera epidemic

* Once again, what are miracles but mysteries?

* Professional debunker Mick West claims to have spotted fishing line in latest Buga sphere video

* Original witnesses David Velez and rancher William Zuniga now appear as regular cast members on Jaime Maussán's very silly TV show as "UFO Hunters"

* Trust no one — known charlatan OR dogmatic debunkers

* Why might true believers make stuff up?

* The Min Min Lights actively stalk people across Australia’s Outback

* Aboriginals believe these are spirits of elders protecting the land; scientists suggest…bioluminescent owls(??)

* Fairy light vibes: beckoning witnesses to follow, then disappearing them forever

* Some people find the lights beautiful and peaceful, others feel terror, some follow and never return

* Trust your gut. It’s wiser than you think.

* PS - Tom promises to drop fewer f-bombs. (And we promise to bleep the ones that come through.) You can go ahead and let the kids back in, now.

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